Our favorite character, Hello Kitty, is celebrating her 35th anniversary! For the next three weeks, she is taking over the Royal/T Cafe in Culver City to bring us into her world. Experience art, music, film, fashion, food, design and more Hello Kitty-style.
Flux is particularly excited to be curator of the Hello Kitty Super Fan Day. […]

How would you feel if your neighborhood looked like this?
It has been a while since I posted anything partially because we’ve had a jam packed summer and September as well. Then out of the blue, my country the Philippines, was struck with the worst typhoon it had seen in 42 years. Sadly, mother nature was […]

Imogen Heap’s live music performance rounded out Wednesday morning’s session.
I am having a hard time coming up with just the right description for my second day at TED. After the high of Day 1, I would liken today’s experience to being on a roller coaster ride where yesterday felt like I was at the highest […]

“Not in the lens!” – Rules lost in battle and a back swing.All photos by George Miranda
Walking along Hill Street in Downtown L.A., feathers swirled past as I carried with me only a case of synthetic polyester batting, the inorganic enemy of the plume-pursed pillow, and my weapon of choice of the day.  I joined […]

Lance Armstrong on his bike ride to Nike Sportswear at the Montalban
Many people know that riding a bike in Los Angeles is a downright death threat. If cars don’t run you over, newbie learners on the beach bike paths will. As an avid bi-pedaler and bike advocate, I’ve been struggling with this dilemma for the […]

Happy New Year! Here’s the year end picks for the Year of the Rat…onto the Ox!
Best use of store window stuffed animals:

Bergdorf Goodman. Bergdorf’s windows are typically stunning, made better with taxidermy.
Nice to discover, especially after finding out that Paris’s Deyrolle (the wunderkammer of fine and fantastic creatures) had a fire in February.
Best functional […]

Everyone has heard of raves, but a silent rave?
On urbandictionary.com, a silent rave is defined as: “Rave” or form of wild dancing party where all of the members listen to music through headphones on separate portable music players. The players are all synchronized so everyone is hearing the same thing, but no outsiders hear […]

Spank Rock, Splunny, Sam Spiegel
It was a beautiful and memorable Saturday night when the third Flux Screening at the Hammer Museum played host to an incredible array of filmmakers and a stylishly turned out crowd.
Shepard Fairey, Syd Garon, Paul Griswold, Lorenzo Fonda, Jonnie Ross, Ryan Flynn
From the introductory tunes by Spank Rock to the […]

Author and 2008 TED Prize winner Dave Eggers
It’s not everyday that we get to see our heroes but last night, I got to see one of mine. Dave Eggers, one of my utmost favorite writers, and one of the most prolific authors of my generation, was honored by TED as one of its 2008 TED […]